Project Life® 2014 | Week 9 + New Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Giveaway

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A couple weeks ago Tim Holtz emailed me to see if I'd be interested in playing with some new colors of his Distress Mini Inks and doing a giveaway of the new color sets.

Sounded like a good plan to me.


GIVEAWAY | One person will receive all three new Distress Mini Ink sets from Ranger & Tim Holtz.

TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Thursday, June 19th. The winners will be announced shortly after. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items.


I decided to put them to good use to finish up Week Nine (February 24th through March 2nd).

Here's a look:

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This spread had most of the photos in place and a bunch of sticky notes when I started the process of finishing it up (you can see a recent Project Life® in progress post here).

I gathered up some 3x4 cards - mainly from the Midnight kit and one of my own and started stamping using these great Amy Tan letter stamps and my Good Day set.

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"Around Here" card is a printable found here: Story Prompt Cards Vol. 1.

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For the title card I used a regular old 4x6 lined index card (go office supplies) + Tim's inks + Amy's letter stamps and just repeated the dates.

Seriously it can be this simple.

Eat at Chipotle? They have fun packaging which make for great Project Life® content. I need to remember to include more stuff like this - I tend to go through phases where I remember to save stuff and other times I'm more focused on getting rid of the clutter.

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The clear 3x4 card with the circles is the back of a card I made for Week Eight. I simply repeated the same shapes with some pattern paper circles (2 inch punch) + label tape stickers + DIY clear stickers.

A little stitching to connect two 3x4 journal cards using my Brother sewing machine. You'll notice that I used other pieces of those cards (the cut off portion) on other elements of this spread (one piece on a 4x6 photo for journaling and one piece on a 3x4 photo for the single word "yes").

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Weather cut from the local paper.

Again, so simple. It adds another dimension to the story of this week that's not reflected in my words or photos. Rain. Ah Northwest, I love you so.

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"Hello Today" stamp is from one of my favorite sets: Good Day.

I stamped it with Tim's ink, punched it with the 2-inch circle punch and adhered it to a card from the Midnight kit.

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I hand-wrote "I love you Mama" on the photo of Anna and me using Staedtler pen.

Gold label is from Studio Calico's Hello Hello Scrapbook Kit and I stamped "just awesome" from the stamp set of the same name (another one of my favorite Technique Tuesday stamps).

ACTION ITEMS/IDEAS



  • One of the things I loved this week was the simplicity of pulling out just a few stamps and using them multiple times throughout the spread. Loved using those Amy Tan letter stamps specifically.

  • Embrace the mess. I like that these letter stamps are messy and imperfect. They made me particularly happy for some reason today.

  • If you don't have a lot to say think about going bigger with your words or using repetition of words. I didn't have much to say about working on my taxes so just repeating the words and adding in Saturday was a fine way to fill up the card.

  • I love my Monday card from this week that was a simple list of the things I did that day. Need to remember to do that more often. Love the simple lists.


SUPPLIES | 2014 | WEEK NINE


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  1. Brooke says…
    06/16/2014

    I so love that you are showing the pages you are finishing up. I so, so, so want to get mine done - trying to carve out some time and simple is all it needs to be.

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  2. Ayesha says…
    06/16/2014

    I never even thought of using Distress Inks for regular stamping; thanks for the tip! I would love to enter the giveaway. :)

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  3. Renej says…
    06/16/2014

    I love the colors of those mini ink pads and the shape is just so cute! I'd love to win some. Thanks!

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  4. Chris Cross says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  5. Claudine says…
    06/16/2014

    Wonderful fun giveaway! Thanks for the chance.

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  6. Kristin says…
    06/16/2014

    Wonderful giveaway!

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  7. Laura BC says…
    06/16/2014

    The colors you used remind me of summer. Thanks for the opportunity to win some fun ink!

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  8. Claire says…
    06/16/2014

    Great giveaway. I think the small size of the ink pads will end up being one of my favorite things.

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  9. Cathy says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the pages - the colors are lovely.

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  10. Lisa says…
    06/16/2014

    great post, ali. needed the reminder that simple is awesome, too.

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  11. Danyelle says…
    06/16/2014

    Cool Tim Holtz mini inks! I need some news ones! Thanks for the great giveaway !!

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  12. Marie A. says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    Marie A, from Qc city

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  13. joeynumber41 says…
    06/16/2014

    Great giveaway!

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  14. Natalie (QSOgirl) says…
    06/16/2014

    I've heard lots of good things about Distress Ink! I'd love to try some out.

    By the way, I love the "Action Items" lists you've been making at the bottom of your scrapbooking posts. I think it's an awesome way to call out new/refreshed techniques and tactics, and they are really inspiring.

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  15. Kim L. says…
    06/16/2014

    They look great; thanks for the chance to win!

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  16. Jacque says…
    06/16/2014

    Would love, love, love to win this giveaway--thanks for the chance!!

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  17. Susan says…
    06/16/2014

    Recently I've pulled out my stamps...it's been years and years...to make some card sets, so I'd love some of Tim's inks. Thanks so much. Great pages, btw.

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  18. kristineS says…
    06/16/2014

    Thank you for the chance.

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  19. Laura says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for the reminder that often simple is best, both the process and the result. I am behind because I overthink the whole thing. I love to stamping in scrapbooking and card making. I belong to your monthly TT club, and get ridiculously excited when I see that envelope in my mailbox.

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  20. Laura Turcotte says…
    06/16/2014

    Awesome spread! Love the simple things!

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  21. Bejazzled says…
    06/16/2014

    I have a couple of distress inks and love them, and would love to try the minis. Thanks for the chance!

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  22. CarolG says…
    06/16/2014

    Love them. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  23. Jen H says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the smaller sized inks. Thanks for sharing.

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  24. Julia Molewyk says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for the chance to win. Tim Holz products are super fun to play with.

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  25. Vicki says…
    06/16/2014

    I love your reminder that if I don't have a lot to say I should go big with my words - I need to remember that! And put it into practice too!

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